#CA9978#CA9978

#CA9978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.074 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9978
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(24, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 40.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 14.02, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 28.18, 60.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0425 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.074 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1399, 36.6974, 22.7874)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9978 #78A9CA

analogous

#CA7880 #CA9978 #CAC278

triadic

#CA9978 #78CA99 #9978CA

tetradic

#CA9978 #80CA78 #78A9CA #C278CA

square

#CA9978 #80CA78 #78A9CA #C278CA

split-complementary

#CA9978 #78CAC2 #7880CA

monochromatic

#8F5B38 #B9784C #CA9978 #DBBAA4 #EDDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CA9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9978

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9978	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.074 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb79f',
    500: '#ca9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9978;
$custom-light: #dcb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.146,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9978

secondary

#C0D2DE

accent

#80B72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9978

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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